Word Meaning 本番

ほんばん homban

本番 is read as ほんばん (homban) and means production environment.

Meaning

English

  1. production environment
  2. game
  3. match
  4. penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute)
  5. unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
  6. performance (as opposed to practice)
  7. going before an audience or on-air
  8. take

Reading

Kana

ほんばん

Romaji

homban

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms リハーサル,模擬 Rank 2611 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

本番運用

ほんばんうんよう

production run

ぶっつけ本番

ぶっつけほんばん

performing without rehearsal

本番環境

ほんばんかんきょう

production environment

本番行為

ほんばんこうい

sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute)

本当に

ほんとに

really

本性

ほんせい

true character

本部

ほんぶ

headquarters

本能

ほんのう

instinct

本調子

ほんじょうし

keynote (esp. shamisen)

本会議

ほんかいぎ

plenary session

本格

ほんかく

original method

本格化

ほんかくか

regularization

Example Sentences

4

During the performance, I was so nervous that my legs were shaking.

Cough syrup. If I don't drink a mouthful before going on stage I can't settle down!

Because I did the performance without any preparation whatsoever, I can't say it was good.

"Oh no, there's not enough time. This is hopeless, I'm just gonna wing it and try my best tomorrow, I don't care anymore." "What's the problem?" "I have an in-class presentation tomorrow, and I have all the materials ready, but I haven't gone over them yet. I've really messed up this time." "Well, no help for it."